The Article 29 Working Party welcomes comments on the Guidelines on the accreditation of certification bodies (wp261). Such comments should be sent to the following address by 30 March 2018 at the latest.

JUST-ARTICLE29WP-SEC@ec.europa.eu

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Guidelines on the accreditation of certification bodies (wp261)

Please be informed that the current version of the guidelines on the accreditation of certification bodies submitted to ongoing public consultation does not include the Annex. Such Annex will be prepared by the Article 29 Working Party at a later stage. Such Annex will take into account comments submitted in the framework of the ongoing public consultations.